The Fiesta Bowl's board of directors announced on Tuesday the firing of executive director John Junker for gross misuse of bowl funds.

Bowl officials released a 276-page report detailing a series of wrongdoings by Junker and members of his staff.

The three-person committee that assembled the report uncovered a scheme to reimburse more than $46,000 in improper campaign contributions made by the bowls staff. It also revealed an attempted cover-up of the scheme. Bowl officials also received unauthorized and excessive compensation, as well as inappropriate expenditures and gifts.

The most egregious expenses, according to the report, included a $1,200 bill at an Arizona strip club, and $33,000 toward Junker's 50th birthday celebration at Pebble Beach in California. The bowl also funded trips for Russell Pearce, president of Arizona's state senate, that were not reimbursed.

The bowl's board also announced plans to conduct a national search for a new executive director, chief financial officer and general counsel.

The Bowl Championship Series, which is run by Division I-A's football conference commissioners and guided by a presidential oversight committee, appointed a seven-person task force to review the report. The task force is composed of college presidents, conference commissioners and school athletic directors.

The task force's findings and a statement from game officials will determine whether the Fiesta Bowl stays among college football's elite postseason games.

"Unprofessional, unethical or improper behavior is unacceptable," according to a statement from the BCS. "It is expected that all parties contracted with the BCS will live up to the highest standards. We do not wish to be associated with entities that believe otherwise."